Sugar-bowl.



.I. E. RIDDLE.

SUGAR BOWL.

APPLICATION FILED 050.28, 1914.

1L, 165,7, Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. E. RIDDLE.

SUGAR BOWL. APPLICATION FILED 050 28, 1 914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

predetermined amount of sugar.

' means for holding the dispensing means in an operative position after each operation 4 thereof.

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JAMES E. RIDDLE, OF LIMA, OHIO.

SUGAR-BOWL.

- Specification of Letters Patent. Pantqgntedi Dec. 2%, 1915.

Application filed December 28, 1914 Serial No. 879,377.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES E. RIDDLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sugar-Bowls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sugar bowls and -more particularly to that class of sugar bowls which have means for dispensing a An object of the invention to provide means continuously operative for dispensing the sugar.

Another object is to provide meansas'sociated with the shaft of the dispensing With these and other objects in view, the inventionconsists in the novel features of construction, combination and. arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a. vertical sectional .view of the improved sugar bowl;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with the cover removed; Fig. 3 is a side-elevation showing partsbroken away; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the revoluble plate; Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the cylindrical casing; and Fig. 6 is a detail view of the lower portion of the bowl. 1

Referring to thedrawings by numerals 1 designates a bowlwhich may be of any desired shape and material, and 2 a cover therefor. A substantially frusto-conieallyshaped hopper 3 is mounted, inthe bowl intermediate the ends thereof and to the lower end of this hopper is secured in any suitable manner a hollow cylindrical casing 4.

The casing 4 is closed at its ends as shown at 5, and upon its upper surface and in communication with the hopper 3, are a' pair of openings 6. These openings are adapted to permit sugar contained within the bowl to pass within the casing 4, for a purpose which will subsequently appear.

A third opening 7 is provided in the lower portion of the casing and is adapted to form 'a' outlet for the sugar in its passage from the casing 4 on to .a spout 8, this spout being secured to the casing 4 and adapted -to form a means for conveying the sugar from tion between the plate and the shaft. Arouately shaped extensions 13 are formed on the outer ends of the plate.10,.extend in opposite directions therefrom, and are adapted to alternately open and close the openings 6 and 7 of the casing'l to convey a predetermined amount of sugarfrom the upper portion of the casing into the lower portion thereof as will be apparent.

The' shaft 11 extends through each end of the casing,'has.one end journaled in the side I wall of the bowl, and its other end is provided with an operating finger engaging portion 14. This finger engaging portion 14 serves as a means for operating the plate 1 Within the casing 4, exteriorly of the bowl.

.A spring arm 15 is secured to one end ofthe casing 4 and has an upwardl bent sub- 'stantially \l-shaped portion 16 or engagement with projections 17 formed. on the shaft 11, the projectionsbeing so disposed with relation to the sprin as to hold the shaft andplate in a position that sugar cannot pass directly between the casing and thespout.

From the foregoing description-taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought thatthe construction and operation of the device will be clearly understood and while I have herein shown and described one specific form of my invention 1' do not wish to be limited thereto, except for such limitations as the claim may import,

What is claimed iS-. In a dispensing apparatus of the charhopper mounted therein said hopper being provided with an'opening adjacent'its lower end, a cylinder mounted horizontall in said acter described, a casing structure having a Y opening to project partly into sai hopper and partly exteriorly thereof, said cylinder provided with longitudinal slots to allow. in

gress of material from said hopper, and with another slot to allow egress of material Q 1,165,2Wi

therefrom, a rod journaled transversely against accidental rotation, substantially as 13' through said casing structure, a plate mount and for the purpose specified.

ed on said rod to operate in said cylinder, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature said plate dividing said cylinder into c0min presence of tWo Witnesses.

partments, extensions on said plate to open and close said slots at certain times, a spout JAMES RIDDLE in said casing structure to receive material Witnesses: from said cylinder, means to rotate said rod L. FELTZ,

and said plate, and means to retain said rod MARY FITZGERALD. 

